Bangladesh Thread

Teenage openers Tamim Iqbal and Junaid Siddique are among the names on Bangladesh's 30-man shortlist for the World Cup.

Junaid and Tamim, the younger brother of national opener Nafees Iqbal, who will not be travelling to the Caribbean through injury, both came to the fore following strong performances in the recently concluded Dhaka Premier League Twenty20 Cup. Other uncapped players in the provisional squad include batsmen Marshall Ayub, Nazmus Sadat and Nadif Chowdhury, seamer Dollar Mahmud and wicket-keeper Saghir Hossain.

The pool will be halved to give the final squad of 15 in around a month's time.

The only ones there that seem genuine prospects to me are Shahriar Nafees Ahmed, Tushar Imran, Abdur Razzak and Nazmul. Even Nazmul I'm far from convinced with.

Come on Richard, get your facts right.

Shahriar Nafees is going to be a Test quality batsman, Abdur Razzak an ODI quality spinner. Tushar Imran shouldn't get too much of a look in in the near future, while Nazmul Hossain can't buy wickets at domestic level.

I'll give you Rahim, he looked quality (though he was only 15 at the time, it's a good idea to remember) when I saw him, Shahadat no way for me, looks even worse than Harmison, Saqibul possibly, and the other two I haven't heard of.

Nazmul, maybe I should've said I thought he looked good when I first saw him (Cham Trop 2004), as I said he's been abso-bloody-lutely awful of late.

Why do you need to reiterate what I said about Nafees Ahmed and Razzak and talk to me as if I'd said the opposite?

I'll give you Rahim, he looked quality (though he was only 15 at the time, it's a good idea to remember) when I saw him, Shahadat no way for me, looks even worse than Harmison, Saqibul possibly, and the other two I haven't heard of.

Nazmul, maybe I should've said I thought he looked good when I first saw him (Cham Trop 2004), as I said he's been abso-bloody-lutely awful of late.

Why do you need to reiterate what I said about Nafees Ahmed and Razzak and talk to me as if I'd said the opposite?

To reinforce them? (I'll give you that one)

Can't fault you for not have having heard of some of those players, just don't make sweeping comments about them.

Shame I couldn't find a place for Javed, Tamim, Mehrab Jnr and Rana. I don't see too much potential in the pace department. Having seen Dollar live I don't think he's that great personally. Whatever happened to Shafaq?